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Date: 3/18/04; 8:09:00 PM
>From: "Arana A." <cowgirl_angel_az@yahoo.com>
Subject: I Go Back by Kenny Chesney

I think this is pretty close; any changes are
appreciated.

“I go Back” by Kenny Chesney
From his CD “When the sun goes Down”
Words and music by Kenny Chesney

*CAPO ON FIRST FRET

Intro: E A E A

Verse 1:
(E)Jack and Diane painted a picture of a(A) life in my
dreams
(E)Suddenly this crazy world (A)made more sense to me
(E)Well I heard it today and I couldn’t(A) help but
sing along
(B7?)’Cause every time I hear that song

Chorus 1:
(E)I go back to a two-tone short-bed Chevy
(A)Drivin’ my first love out to the levee
(E)Livin’ life with no sense of(A) time
(E)I go back to the feel of a 50 yard line
(A)A blanket, a girl, and some raspberry wine
(E)Wishin’ time would stop right in its(A) tracks
(B7?)Every time I hear that(A) song
I go (E)back (A)
I go (E)back (A)

Verse 2:
I used to rock all night long to Keep on Rockin’ me
Baby
At frat parties, college bars, just tryin’ to impress
the ladies
Well I heard it today and I couldn’t help but sing
along
’Cause every time I hear that song

Chorus 2:
I go back to the smell of an old gym floor
And the taste of salt on a Carolina shore
After graduation and drinkin’ goodbye to friends
I go back to watchin’ summer fade to fall
Growin’ up too fast and I do recall
Wishin’ time would stop right in its tracks
Every time I hear that song
I go back
I go back

Bridge:
(B7?)We all have a song that’s (A)somehow stamped our
lives
(B7?)Takes us to another (A)place and time

Chorus 3:
So I go back to the pew, a preacher and a choir
Singin’ bout God, brimstone and fire
And the smell of Sunday chicken after church
And I go back to the loss of a real good friend
And the 16 summers I shared with him
Now only The Good Die Young stops me in my tracks
Every time I hear that song
I go back
I go back

To the feel of a 50 yard line
A blanket, a girl, and some raspberry wine
I go back

To watchin’ summer fade to fall
Growin’ up too fast and I do recall
I go back

To the loss of a real good friend
And the 16 summers I shared with him
I go back
I go back
I go back